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Indian Weavers
Sarojini Naidu
About Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) was born Sarojini Chattopadhyay in Hyderabad. She is also known as The Nightingale of India and was an Indian independence activist and poet. She served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949. Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state and was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first Indian woman to do so.
Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay?.....
Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.
Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright?....
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.
Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill?....
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.
Available Answers
- 1.
Select the correct option to complete the following questions:
a. The blue colour of the new-born child's dress is compared to
- the wing of a halcyon.
- any free bird flying in the sky.
- the colour of the sky.
- the colour of the ocean.
b. The marriage-veil is compared to the plumes of a peacock because
- it is as big as the feathers of a peacock.
- it is as bright and colourful as the feathers of a peacock.
- it is as light as the feathers of a peacock
- it is as beautiful as the feathers of a peacock.
c. The mood of the poet in this poem changes from
- sadness to happiness.
- happiness to sadness.
- happiness to anger.
- amusement to sadness.
- 2.Pick out the words, expressions or phrases from the poem that indicate different times of the day.
- 3.Is there a similarity between the break of the day and the birth of a baby? If yes, what is it?
- 4.Pick out the two objects to which the shroud is compared to for its colour.
- 5.Which three stages of life does the poem speak of? Can you relate them to the three stages of a day?
- 6.The poet uses similes to draw comparison between things. Identify the similes used in the poem and point out the common link between the two objects or things compared in each case.
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